○vāsin mfn. living in a fṭforest

• m. a forestdweller, hermit, anchorite Mn. MBh. &c

• N. of various plants or roots (= ṛṣabha, muṣkaka, varāhī-kanda &c.) L

• a crow L

• N. of a country in the Dekhan (also ○simaṇḍala) Inscr

• ○sī f. N. of the chief town of that country ib